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W. H.-.EMERI CK.

000R. APPLICATION FILED JAN 23,1920

Patented Feb. 7, 1921 2 snzzrs-sastf 1.

w. H. EMERICK.

DOOR- APPLICATION FILED JAN-23, I920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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umrs o STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. EMERICK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. "7, 1922.

Application filed January 23, 1920. Serial No. 353,460.

To all whom it may concern.

vBe it known that I, WILLIAIVLHQEMERICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State .of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates primarily to certain novel improvementsin doorswhereby a single door may be readily converted into a screen door foruse in summer or into a storm door for use in the winter, and hav-.platesremoved.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the inner .side of the door showing a finemesh screen in the ,upper opening and asolid-closure for theloweropening.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspectiveview of a glass closure which may bearranged in the upper opening of the door.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view onthe line 77 of Fig. '5, but showing theglass closure of ig. 6 in place of the fine mesh screen closure of Fig.5.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view showing the coarse screen arranged.between its securing plates.

Figs, v9and 10 are:.detail sectional views similar to Fig. 7 showingdifferent ways of mounting the plates on the door frame.

Referring to the drawings, the door comprises a frame of usualrectangular construction having .the two side members 11,

11', the top member 12, the bottom member 13 and the intermediate member14:, all of said members being secured together in any approved mannerand providingan upper opening15 and a lower opening 16. ;Each

of said, openings is permanently coveredby a coarse mesh screen 17 ofheavy-wire, the V edges of which are secured between two plates whichare fastened by screws 18 to the door members. In Figs. 4 and 7 thelower plate 19 is bent between its side-edges to provide an offset inneredge which in conjunction with the flat outer plate 20 provides a recessto receive the edge of the coarse screen 17. In both of these figures.

the frame members are rabbeted to receive the two plates 19 and 20 sothat the outer face of the upper plates will lie flush with the outerface of the members. Facing plates 21 are secured on the outer sides of.the door frame members said plates corresponding substantially in widthwithsaid members. I prefer to provide the facing plates with slots 22 toreceive screws 23 which pass through the slots and secure the.

plates adjustably to the door framemembers. The side facing platesproject beyond the side edges of the door to overlap the adjacent edgesof the door casing and form a tight, weather-proof joint. The slots 22and screws'23 permit the side plates to be adjusted whenever necessary.I

In Fig. 9 the plates 19 and 20 which constitute the frame for eachcoarsescreen are only partly seated in thedoor frame member and the facingplate-21 is offset at 21 to overlap said frame member as shown. In Fig.10 the coarse screen frame is mounted onthe outer face of the framemember,the

outer plate 24: is offset between its ends to provide a recessbetweenits inner portion and the fiat inner plate 25 to receive the wire meshand the facing plate 26 is offset at 27 to lap over the rear edge of thewire mesh frame and lie flush with the offset portion 24 .of theouter'plate of said frame.

The openings 15 and 16 are always protected by the coarse wiremeshscreens 17, 17 which are securely held in place on the door frame bythe screws 18 and the facing plates. To use the door as a'screen door Iprovide a screen 28 in a suitable frame 29 which is removably secured ineach openingof the door. To'use the door as a storm door I provide aglass .30 in a suitable frame 31 which is'removably secured in the upperopening 15 of the door and a metal plate32 in a, suitable frame 33 whichis removably secured in the lower opening 16 of the door. I prefer thatthe inner plate19 or 25 of the adjusted position.

coarse screen frames should project inwardly into the openings 15, 16 ofthe door frame beyond the edges of the frame members as shown in thedrawings, to provide tight joints for the removable fine screen orstorm.

docr frames 29, 31 and 33.

These inner plates should project inwardly a sufficient distance tooverlap the removable frames and exclude dirt and insects in the case ofthe fine screen frames, and the weather as well in the case of the stormdoor frames, and close any openings that might result from imperfectfitting or shrinking of the removable frames in said openings.

Any suitable means may be employed for securing the removable frames inthe door openings. In the drawings I have illus trated a simple meanscomprising a pair of plates 34 mounted on the side members of the doorframe for each door opening. Each of these plates is provided with apair of angle slots 35 to receive the screws 3G by which the plates aremounted on the door frame. The horizontal parts of the angle slots arearranged substantially parallel with the top and bottom of the dooropening, and the vertical parts of the angle slots are arrangedsubstantially parallel with the sides of the door opening. The plateshang from the upper ends of the vertical. parts of the slots in lockingposition and overlap the frames 29, 33 or 31, as the case may be. Torelease the frame in the door opening the plates are lifted and movedoutwardly, the horizontal parts of the slots engaging screws 36 andsustaining the plates in their opened This is a very simple fasteningdevice, it can be operated easily, and it will securely lock in placeany of the frames provided for the door openings.

It will be understood from the foregoing description and drawings that Tcontemplate embodying my invention in one form in a strong andsubstantial door which can be permanently mounted in its casing for useal.- ternately and as occasion may require as a storm door and as ascreen door. For this reason I have shown a substantial constructionwhich is capable of being adjusted from time to time and which isintended to be a permanent fixture. It may be hung in the door casing byhinges such as set forth in my companion application filed concurrentlyherewith or by any other suitable hinges. The openings in the door arealways protected by the coarse screens permanently mounted therein, andthe change of the frames in the door openings can be easily and quicklyeffected. I may provide a glass frame for the lower opening as well asfor the upper opening, and a metal plate or other closed frame for theupper opening as well as for the lower opening. I may provide the doorwith but a single opening, such as the upper opening, or I may providemore than two openings suitably disposed in the door frame.

The side face plates preferably extend from top to bottom of the door.The top face plate 21 may extend from side edge to side edge of the doorwith its ends located beneath the upper ends of the side face plates orit may terminate at its ends at the inner edges of the side face plates.The middle face plate 21 and the bottom face plate 21 may be made likethe top face plate, but I prefer that their ends should terminate at theinner edges of the side face plates. The top and bottom faceplates arepreferably provided with slots to receive the screws by which they arefastened to the door frame to permit these plates to be adjusted up ordown as may be required. This is particularly important for the bottomface plate because if the door sags at all, it will drag on thethreshold, and hence it is con venient and desirable to provide meansfor adjusting the bottom of the door as may be required. It is notnecessary to adjust the middle face plate 21 up or down, although thescrew holes may be slots to permit such adjustment if desired. Thecoarse screen frames may be made of strips extending along the sideedges of the door openings and-cross strips at the top and bottom edgesof the door openings, and secured together upon the interposed edges ofthe screens 17 and to the door frame. The top plate'QO has dependinglegs 20 which abut against the legs 38 of a base plate 39 which issecured to the door frame at its lower edge. The two plates 20 and 39form, in effect, a complete skeleton plate frame for the bottom member13 of the door, and they are made in this skeleton form so thatifoccasion requires that they be cut down to adjust the door to itscasing, the work can be done very quickly by simply trimming theabutting edges of the legs.

I may provide the rear edge of the door with oneor more dowel pins 40 toenter dowel openings 41 in the door casing 42. If ordinary hinges areused to swing the .door, these dowel pins will prevent the door frombeing removed, when closed, by withdrawing the hinge pintles. V

I claim:

l. A door having an opening therein, a screen on the outer side of thedoor over said opening, plates embracing the edges of said screen andsecured to the door, the inner plates projecting within said opening, aremovable f'rame arranged within said opening back of said screen andabutting against said inner plates, and means for holding said frames inplace.

2. A door having an opening therein, a coarse screen closing saidopening, plates fastened to the door at the edges of said opening andembracing the edges of said screen, and facing plates fastenedon thedoor over said screen plates.

3. A door having an opening therein, a coarse screen closing saidopening, plates ar' ranged one over the other and secured to the door atthe edges of said opening, one of said plates being offset relative tothe other plate to form a recess for the reception of the edge of thecoarse screen, and facing plates secured to the door over said screenplates.

4. A door having two openings therein one above the other, a coarsescreen secured in said openings, a plate at each of the edges of saidopenings and offset at its inner edge to form a recess to receive theedge of the coarse screen, facing plates extending from top to bottom ofthe door at the side edges of said openings and secured to the door overthe offset plates at the side edges of the coarse screens, and platessecured to the door over the offset plates at the edges of the screen atthe top and bottom of each of said openings.

5. A door having an opening adjacent the bottom thereof, a screensecured to'the door to close said opening, a plate secured to the doorand overlapping the lower edge'of the Screen, and a second plate securedto the door adjacent its lower edge, said plates having oppositelydisposed legs at their ends.

6. A door having openings therein one above the other, screens for saidopenings,"

ings, frames embracing the edges of said 7 screens and secured to thedoor at the edges of said openings, facing plates on the door andcovering the screen frames, the side faclng plates extending from top tobottom of the door and the transverse facing plates being locatedbetween said side facing plates, and

means for securing the facing plates to the door independent of saidscreen frames.

WILLIAM H. EMERIO-K,

